17 November 2014 Germantown Participates in Exercise Keen Sword with Japanese Forces The amphibious dock landing ship, USS Germantown (LSD 42) and the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion (AAB), 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), operated with Japanese Self Defense Forces (JSDF) during exercise Keen Sword, Nov. 11-12.Keen Sword is a bilateral amphibious training exercise conducted with JSDF...
17 November 2014 The Sword, the Shield Throughout history nations have maintained their thorough control of the seas, from the Royal British navy that reigned for nearly 300 years, to the Imperial Japanese navy of the early 1900’s, and today the U.S. Navy. Not to be forgotten in the discussion of defense and freedom of the seas, is the...
14 November 2014 Germantown Completes Patrol, Returns to Sasebo The forward deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) returned to Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Nov. 14, following a scheduled three-month patrol.While on patrol, the ship operated with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF),...
14 November 2014 US Embassy Honors US, PHL Service Members on Veterans Day 2014 On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2014, U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg, along with senior members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines paused to honor the military members of both nations at a Veterans Day ceremony at Manila’s American Cemetery.Gregorio Pio P...
14 November 2014 Navy Engineer Assigned as Science Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Dr. Peter Cho, electrical engineer at Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station(NAVSSES) began a three-month assignment in early November as the U.S. Embassy Science Fellow, Power and Energy specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Cho, who received the Department of the Navy...
14 November 2014 15th Annual Kadena Special Olympics Brings Community Together The 15th Annual Kadena Special Olympics, one of the largest community relations events in Okinawa, Japan, with nearly 950 athletes and artists combined, was held at the Risner Fitness Center here Nov. 8.The event kicked off with an opening ceremony where the athletes heard words of encouragement...
14 November 2014 Hawaii Air National Guard and the Active Duty Wing Exercise Together under New Inspection Program A total force integration team comprised of the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th and the active duty's 15th Maintenance and Operations Groups completed an inspection exercise under the recently implemented Commander's Inspection Program here Nov. 6-8. The CCIP is part of the Air Force's revamped...
13 November 2014 U.S. Air Force, Japan Self-Defense Force Rescue Squadrons Participate in Keen Sword Personnel from the Japan Self-Defense Force are teaming up with Kadena Air Base's 33rd Rescue Squadron and Eielson's 212th Rescue Squadron in support of a Japan-wide, joint-bilateral exercise that will run until Nov. 19, 2014.Exercise Keen Sword is a bilateral field training exercise held...
13 November 2014 2nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations - U.S. Summit Today, President Obama met with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders and foreign ministers and the ASEAN Secretariat's Secretary-General at the 2nd ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. President Obama reaffirmed the importance of U.S.-ASEAN ties as a crucial element of the...
13 November 2014 U.S., Japan Conducts Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Training For the first time, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 102nd Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit, Marine Aircraft Group 12 and the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Fire Station collaborated to conduct interoperability training while executing Chemical Biological Radiological...